Wolf Bay

Wolf Bay parallels Prairie Channel of the Columbia River and is upstream of the mouth of the John Day River. The saltwater intrusion at this river mile is very low and thus this wetland functions as a freshwater system. Sitka spruce along the southern and western boundaries are critical habitat, most notably for Bald eagles that have been nesting in the 15-acre Twilight Eagle Sanctuary adjoining the wetlands.

People+Plants+Wildlife

This male is returning to take his turn incubating the eggs, which are hard to distinguish from the parking lot gravel. The pair started by scraping a slight depression in the gravel, then enhanced it with sticks of wood and

Jeff Roehm is one of NCLC’s most active volunteers. He splits his time among Portland, where he has lived most of his life; Manzanita, where he has a second home; and Seaside, where he grew up and where he serves

When naturalist Neal Maine looks at a tree—or a single leaf, as in the photo above—he doesn’t just see the tree, or the shrub. He sees a gigantic solar panel. Check it out: Photosynthesis, the encyclopedia reminds us, is